Kosachev: Russia should prepare a “painful” for the US response to sanctions
MOSCOW, 26 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russia will prepare a formal response to the law on new sanctions Washington against Moscow and the situation with departmentu of the Russian Federation, it will be “painful” for Americans, said the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev.
“To prepare such a response, because it must be. Not symmetrical, but painful for Americans. And the law, and all the preceding action real estate, diplomats and other”, — he wrote in Facebook.
According to Kosachev, the situation should be discussed with the European Union, which may be “at least a temporary misalliance” given the fact that their economic interests sanctions Washington damage. Adopted US law on sanctions showed that Russian-American relations will not only breakthrough, but also the normalization, their degradation is inevitable, said the Senator.
“After the two presidents’ meeting in Hamburg, I expressed cautious hope that she could be the harbinger of a breakthrough in relations between Russia and the United States. Hope dies last but it dies. Judging by the solid vote in the house of representatives on a sanctions package against Russia, Iran and North Korea, will not only breakthrough, but also the normalization. Moreover, further degradation of the bilateral cooperation is inevitable, although further seems to have nowhere to go,” he said.